Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown